3.0
550
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1922–2026
record span
3.74
mean magnitude
263
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+
Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.
Largest earthquakes
Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 10.08.1931 21:18 | 10 km | 163 km |
| 7.2 | 27.09.2003 11:33 | 10.3 km | 242 km |
| 7.2 | 18.08.1931 14:21 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 7.2 | 19.10.1938 04:13 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 6.7 | 25.08.1922 19:29 | 10 km | 210 km |
| 6.6 | 01.10.2003 01:03 | 14.3 km | 264 km |
| 6.6 | 17.12.1938 16:35 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 6.4 | 27.09.2003 18:52 | 15.6 km | 251 km |
| 6.3 | 13.02.1933 02:49 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 6.3 | 15.05.1970 17:13 | 9.1 km | 238 km |
| 6.3 | 05.11.1931 12:19 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 5.9 | 11.08.1931 07:03 | 15 km | 92 km |
| 5.9 | 21.09.1923 20:01 | 15 km | 244 km |
| 5.9 | 23.07.1988 07:38 | 15.2 km | 72 km |
| 5.9 | 26.08.1931 10:50 | 15 km | 79 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 24.07.2026 08:36 | 14 km | 190 km |
| 3.8 | 20.07.2026 15:51 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 3.9 | 16.03.2026 03:19 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 4.3 | 22.02.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 3.6 | 22.02.2026 01:13 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.7 | 05.01.2026 15:58 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 3.6 | 27.11.2025 00:21 | 0 km | 179 km |
| 4.5 | 12.11.2025 08:00 | 10 km | 196 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2025 11:20 | 0 km | 217 km |
| 4.1 | 29.07.2025 20:31 | 0 km | 249 km |
| 5.0 | 25.05.2025 02:35 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 3.1 | 24.05.2025 22:41 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 4.2 | 23.04.2025 00:56 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 5.8 | 15.02.2025 01:48 | 13 km | 224 km |
| 4.0 | 21.10.2024 02:15 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 4.2 | 27.12.2023 23:19 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2023 22:42 | 6.3 km | 170 km |
| 3.8 | 03.06.2023 23:15 | 1 km | 236 km |
| 4.1 | 29.04.2023 00:08 | 33 km | 197 km |
| 3.3 | 29.03.2023 22:57 | 11.7 km | 176 km |
| 4.1 | 15.12.2022 19:07 | 30 km | 198 km |
| 4.2 | 19.11.2022 12:35 | 1 km | 258 km |
| 3.6 | 17.11.2022 02:47 | 11 km | 158 km |
| 4.2 | 06.11.2022 23:48 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.5 | 14.10.2022 19:33 | 7.8 km | 167 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2022 02:13 | 2 km | 203 km |
| 5.5 | 29.07.2022 13:01 | 12.8 km | 244 km |
| 3.0 | 07.09.2021 00:28 | 13.6 km | 171 km |
| 4.3 | 27.12.2020 21:21 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 4.1 | 22.02.2020 23:50 | 10 km | 69 km |
| 3.3 | 08.12.2019 04:04 | 2.9 km | 180 km |
| 4.4 | 05.08.2019 05:01 | 1 km | 154 km |
| 4.2 | 14.06.2019 15:16 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 3.4 | 09.11.2018 17:14 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 4.1 | 02.08.2018 21:18 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 11.07.2018 01:29 | 14.7 km | 227 km |
| 4.1 | 20.02.2018 20:02 | 2 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 15.02.2018 11:52 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 4.4 | 05.02.2018 13:13 | 18.5 km | 205 km |
| 3.2 | 05.02.2018 13:13 | 7.1 km | 212 km |
| 3.4 | 08.01.2018 20:11 | 9.1 km | 208 km |
| 4.3 | 24.12.2017 18:41 | 3.6 km | 242 km |
| 4.1 | 06.08.2017 05:27 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 4.4 | 11.11.2016 09:22 | 10 km | 67 km |
| 4.8 | 20.09.2016 07:18 | 4.9 km | 221 km |
| 3.7 | 30.08.2016 14:07 | 1 km | 163 km |
| 4.9 | 13.07.2016 06:45 | 5.1 km | 182 km |
| 3.7 | 12.03.2016 00:33 | 10 km | 193 km |
| 3.5 | 26.02.2016 16:32 | 11.5 km | 233 km |
| 4.4 | 06.01.2016 21:29 | 10 km | 200 km |
| 3.9 | 23.11.2015 19:56 | 10 km | 249 km |
| 3.7 | 30.09.2015 09:50 | 1.9 km | 238 km |
| 3.6 | 28.08.2015 06:07 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 4.0 | 13.02.2015 07:04 | 0 km | 238 km |
| 3.6 | 03.02.2015 22:47 | 10.5 km | 237 km |
| 3.8 | 26.01.2015 11:25 | 7.1 km | 247 km |
| 4.0 | 30.11.2014 13:44 | 44.9 km | 252 km |
| 4.1 | 26.06.2014 21:54 | 3.2 km | 228 km |
| 4.4 | 30.04.2014 17:37 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 4.0 | 18.04.2014 19:00 | 13.7 km | 260 km |
Method and sources
- What this page counts
- An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
- Location precision
- Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
- Magnitude scales
- The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
- Deduplication
- The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
- Updates
- Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
- Sources
- USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
- Reporting an error
- If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.